Bought a Microsoft Surface Pro but returned it because (while it is a great machine) it was horrible with Photoshop.

After furthor research, found the Microsoft Surface Pro would be great with Sketch Pad Pro and that pressure sensitivity also worked with Manga Studio. Always been interested in Manga Studio, but had no reason to buy it since i had Photoshop.

Now that I have a reason to buy Manga Studio...

QUESTIONS:
- just to re-confirm, how is pressure sensitivity on the Surface Pro?
- can you rest your hand on the screen while using Manga Studio with Surface Pro?
- no pen lag?

QUESTIONS:
- just to re-confirm, how is pressure sensitivity on the Surface Pro? Yes (1024 levels)
- can you rest your hand on the screen while using Manga Studio with Surface Pro? (Yes)
- no pen lag? (No)

well instead of hearing from a amateur like me , here is a review about these 2 products from a professional

QUESTIONS:
- just to re-confirm, how is pressure sensitivity on the Surface Pro? Yes (1024 levels)
- can you rest your hand on the screen while using Manga Studio with Surface Pro? (Yes)
- no pen lag? (No)

well instead of hearing from a amateur like me , here is a review about these 2 products from a professional

You know, I've got Manga Studio 5 working on a Surface Pro since a few days - and yes, it ROCKS! Even though the screen is very small which makes it hard to hit the sliders at times, it's a fantastic experience. On par or better than using Sketchbook Pro.

To answer the question with absolute certainty: yes you CAN rest your hand on the screen while you're drawing, just like you can on Intuos tablets that do not support "finger touch". The Surface Pro is fantastic in the way it recognizes touch input: if it does not detect the stylus then will react to finger (or other capacitive) touch. But when you hover the stylus about half an inch above the screen, it will detect it and no longer react to your fingers. So the stylus springs to life when you're near the screen, much like an Intuos/Cintiq pen does.

By the way: Manga Studio has a fantastic feature which other programmers could learn from (cough Adobe): in the Preferences, you can tell the Windows Version of MS5 which set of drivers to use for pressure sensitivity: Wintab or Tablet PC. Therefore pressure sensitivity works great on the Surface Pro when set to "Tablet PC".

Look for "Free 30 day trials" under "Get Manga Studio" near the bottom. I was going to download it, but will wait until Ladyfriend returns from her trip. Don't want to start the clock running until she can start using it.